Infant&#39;s garment



Jun 26; W23. 11,459."?47? H. L. REDMOND INFANT S GARMENT Filed June 16, 1921 Patented June 26, i923.

UNHTED STATES 1,459,747 PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET LYONS REDMOND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAM CARTER COMPANY, OF NEEDHAM MASSACHUSETTS.

HEIGHTS, IVIASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF INFANT S GARMENT.

Application filed June 16, 1921. Serial No. 478,153.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HARRIET L-YoNs RED- MOND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented 'an Improvement in Infants Garments, of.

which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to infants gar- .ments, and particularly to infants shirts, to the lower end of which a diaper or the like is to be attached.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the front of the garment; t

Fig. 2 is a detail in vertlcal section upon the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the front of the lower part of the garment shown in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the back of such garment.

The garment of my invention may be made of any suitable material, but it is preferably of knitted material. As herein shown it comprises a back 1 and overlapping front pieces 2, 3 with sleeves 4-, 5, the latter being desirably seamed to the body portlon at 6, 7. The wales 8 of the'garment desirably extend lengthwise the garment so as to render it highly elastic transversely. The front portion 2 is provided with buttons 33, 34: and the front portion 3 is provided with buttonholes 9 near the neck portion of the garment. If desired, one or more other buttons may be used preferably in vertical alignment with the button 34. Desirably the garment is provided with a draw strlng or tape 10 passing about the neck and held in place in any suitable manner, as by an ornamental border 11. I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to provide the lower part of an infants shirt or like garment at front and rear with tabs to attached. I am also aware that it has been proposed to provide an overlapping front portion of an infants garment with a transverse slit through which such a tab is adaptwhich a diaper or the like is adapted to be ed to be passed. I have provided improved,

means whereby not only is the diaper securely held in place and the garment is held without wrinkling, but the normal or desirable elasticity of the garment is inno way impaired and no extra pressure or 1111-. evenness is brought against any part of the infants body.

In order to accomplish the purposeherein set forth I provide the underlying front portion 2 of the garment with a transverse slit 24. The overlying front portion 3 herein is provided with a r'eentrant portion 25 from the upper end of which depends a tongue or tab 26 of substantially the full width of the reentrant portion and adapted to be inserted through said slit 24. The wales 1a of said tab extend lengthwise thereof, that is, in the same direction of the wales of the body of the garment. Said slit 24 is desirably of a little greater width than the tab 26 so that the latter can be readily inserted therein. The rim of the slit 24; is reenforced by over-casting or over-seaming 1? thus providing an extremely elastic edge permit-ting the part 2 of the garment to be stretched as freely at the zone of the slit 24 as at any other point.

The tongue or tab 26 in the present form of my invention is provided with a reenforcing or lining piece 27 of like area which may be of either knitted or w'oven material, it being elastically seamed at its edges to the tongue or tab 26, but desirably free therefrom at its upper edge 28 where it is elastically seamed, especially if it be of knitted material. In this manner I provide a garment that is substantially equally expansible at all points.

Similarly the back 1 of the garment is provided with reentrant portion '29 from which depends a tongue or tab- 30 desirably similar to the tongue or tab 26 and having a lining or reenforce 81 of knitted or woven material and provided at its upper edge with elastic seaming 32. Both said lining or reenforcing pieces 27 and 31 are elastical ly seamed at all their edges, except their upper edges, to the tongues or tabs 26 and 30 respectively. Thus the back of the garment is substantially equally elastic throughout and is of substantially the same elasticity as the entire front of the garment. The diaper, not shown herein, is adapted pins to the I wrinkling as said tab aids" in securing the smooth positioning of the parts 2, 3 of the front of the garment. In addition to this, moreover, there is no roughness or stiffness at the inner side or face of the garment either'at front or rear and moreover theen tire garment is highly elastic throughout and substantially equally elastic at all points.

Desirably'the' entire edge of the garment is" provided with an over-casting edge-or reenforcement 35which in no wise interferes with thenormal elasticity of the garment. Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms through said transverse slit for the attachment of a diaper or the like.

2. An infants shirt having overlapping front portions, the under portion being provided at its lower end with a transverse slit and the upper portion with a reentrant or out-out 25 having a tab 26 of substantially the width of said cut-out and adapted to be passed through said transverse slit, the back of the garment having attached thereto a tab 30, said tabs being adapted to have a diaper or the like attached thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRIET LYONS REDMOND. 

